July 15, 2009
Tags: Herb
Substitutes: Celery leaves
edit About Lovage
Lovage is a plant that grows up to 7 feet high, with hollow stems and dark green leaves that highly resemble celery leaves. Lovage is extremely fragrant. It's leaves are used in very small amounts because of it's strong concentrated flavor. The hollow tubes are great used as a bloody mary straw.
Recipes With Lovage
Odds and Ends Vegetable Soup
Baking Potato, Bay Leaf, Black Peppercorns, Carrot, Celery
Baking Potato, Bay Leaf, Black Peppercorns, Carrot, Celery
Herbed Chicken Sandwiches
Almond, Chicken, Lovage, Sage
Almond, Chicken, Lovage, Sage
Lovage Spritzers
Lemon Juice, Lovage, Sugar, Water
Lemon Juice, Lovage, Sugar, Water
Oriental Pear Salad With Tamari Pecans and Maytag Blue Cheese
Arugula, Asian Pear, Cayenne Pepper, Cheese, Dandelion
Arugula, Asian Pear, Cayenne Pepper, Cheese, Dandelion
Lovage Clam Chowder With A Potato Crab Cake, Pickled Cucumbers and Lovage Chips
Butter, Capers, Chives, Clam, Clove
Butter, Capers, Chives, Clam, Clove
Recommended Pairings With Lovage
Other Names: Smallage and Smellage, 独活草 (Chinese), ラビッジ (Japanese), Liebstöckel (German), Любисток (Russian), Livèche (French) All Translations
Edited by: Melissa Peterman, purplehousedirt
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Wikipedia
Lovage (''Levisticum officinale'') is a plant, the leaves and seeds or fruit of which are used to flavor food, especially in South European cuisine. It is a tall (3 to 9 ft) perennial that vaguely resembles its cousin celery in appearance and in flavor. Lovage also sometimes gets referred to as ''smallage'', but this is more properly used for celery.
